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Tearjerking moments in Super Dimension Fortress Macross. See here for moments from the film version.
- Misa's discovery about her First Love and Victorious Childhood Friend Riber's death and Roy Fokker's death, specially in regards to Claudia's and Hikaru's reactions are still punches to the gut, more than 20 years after.
- While Focker's actions leading up to that scene would seem to also qualify him Too Dumb to Live, a bit of Fridge Brilliance implies that he likely realized he would eventually die of the injuries he had sustained. Therefore, there's a good chance Roy deliberately chose to take a risk and attempt to see Claudia before he died, rather than kicking it all alone in the hospital.
- When Misa finds out what happened to Riber, the poor woman emotionally collapses and Hikaru has to pretty much pull her away by force...
- A Post-War scene focuses on the armored skeleton of a Zentradi pilot sitting against his crashed fighter pod in the middle of the blasted wasteland, with a tiny Minmay doll lying in his massive palm.
- The interview with Mari Iijima (Lynn Minmay's seiyuu) in ADV Film's release of the series. She reminisces about her friendship with Arihiro Hase, Hikaru Ichijyo's original seiyuu who died by suicide in 1996. Because they were in the same age group (with Iijima barely starting college and Hase still in high school), they developed a sibling-like relationship that lasted until the day he died.
